Resource Management in Games

Gaming · 10 questions

Resource types, production chains, and resource-management mechanics in specific games.

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1. Which board game is built around hexagonal terrain tiles and trading resources between players?

   1. Catan
   2. Ticket to Ride
   3. Carcassonne
   4. Pandemic
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   A) Catan

2. In which game do players assign family members to jobs and feed them at harvest?

   1. Agricola
   2. Lords of Waterdeep
   3. Carcassonne
   4. Puerto Rico
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   A) Agricola

3. Which computer game centers on building production lines with conveyor belts and inserters?

   1. Dyson Sphere Program
   2. Satisfactory
   3. Factorio
   4. Opus Magnum
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   C) Factorio

4. In StarCraft II, which two primary resources are spent on units and technologies?

   1. Energy and supply
   2. Minerals and Vespene gas
   3. Vespene gas and supply
   4. Minerals and energy
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   B) Minerals and Vespene gas

5. In Factorio, which fuel-powered machine extracts ore from deposits?

   1. Stone furnace
   2. Burner mining drill
   3. Assembling machine 1
   4. Electric mining drill
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   B) Burner mining drill

6. Which board game has players establish plantations, produce goods, and load them onto ships?

   1. Power Grid
   2. Catan
   3. Puerto Rico
   4. Agricola
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   C) Puerto Rico

7. In Oxygen Not Included, which machine uses algae and electricity to generate oxygen?

   1. Carbon skimmer
   2. Electrolyzer
   3. Algae terrarium
   4. Oxygen diffuser
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   D) Oxygen diffuser

8. In RimWorld, which tab lets players set priorities for colonists' assigned work?

   1. Research tab
   2. Needs tab
   3. Work tab
   4. Architect tab
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   C) Work tab

9. In Catan, which game piece prevents the terrain hex it occupies from producing resources?

   1. Road
   2. Settlement
   3. Knight
   4. Robber
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   D) Robber

10. In Stardew Valley, what does the mill produce from wheat?

    1. Oil
    2. Flour
    3. Cheese
    4. Sugar
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    B) Flour